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Am J Gastroenterol. 2021 Sep 01;116(9):1958-1959. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001383.

Response to Philips and Abraham.

The American journal of gastroenterology

Yuanjie Sun, Zhishun Liu

Affiliations

  1. Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.

PMID: 34264203 DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001383

[No abstract available.]

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